--- init.orig	2009-04-13 11:50:22.000000000 +0100
+++ init	2009-04-13 11:50:02.000000000 +0100
@@ -197,7 +197,18 @@
   
   # Switch to real root partition:
   echo 0x0100 > /proc/sys/kernel/real-root-dev
-  mount -o ro -t $ROOTFS $ROOTDEV /mnt
+
+  # For architectures such as ARM, which usually cannot configure the
+  # boot loader from within the Linux OS, we can set the 'rootfs' /proc/cmdline
+  # value to be "%auto%" which lets the Kernel automatically try and mount
+  # the filesystem using the filesystem modules present in the initrd.
+  # This is provided as a user convenience.
+  if [ "$ROOTFS" = "%auto%" ]; then
+    mount -o ro $ROOTDEV /mnt
+   else
+   # Mount using the specified filesystem type:
+    mount -o ro -t $ROOTFS $ROOTDEV /mnt
+  fi
   
   if [ ! -r /mnt/sbin/init ]; then
     echo "ERROR:  No /sbin/init found on rootdev (or not mounted).  Trouble ahead."